Not treating co-wives fairly..........................
One of the things that Allaah has enjoined in His Book is fair treatment of co-wives.Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning): “You will never be able to do perfect justice
between wives even if it is your ardent desire, so do not incline too much to one of them
(by giving her more of your time and provision) so as to leave the other hanging (i.e.,
neither divorced nor married). And if you do justice, and do all that is right and fear
Allaah by keeping away from all that is wrong, then Allaah is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.” [al-Nisaa’ 4:129] The justice that is required here is a fair division of nights, and the giving of each wife
her rights as regards spending and clothing. This does not refer to emotions or love,
because man has no control over his feelings. But some people, when they marry more
than one wife, favour one and neglect the other, spending more time with one wife and
spending more on her, and ignoring the other. This is haraam, and the person who does
this will come on the Day of Resurrection in the condition described by the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in the hadeeth narrated by Abu Hurayrah:
“Whoever has two wives and gives one of them preferential treatment, he will come on
the Day of Resurrection with half of his body leaning.” (Narrated by Abu Dawud, 2/601;
see also Saheeh al-Jaami’, 6491).
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